January 6 2012

7:43 PM

KAPALUA, Hawaii -- Lucas Glover has withdrawn from the Hyundai
Tournament of Championship after injuring his knee in a paddleboard
accident over the weekend. There are now 27 players in the
winners-only event.

Glover, who won the Wells Fargo Championship to earn entry into
the elite field at Kapalua, sprained the medial collateral ligament
in his right knee when he fell off the board on Saturday.

“My foot caught on the edge of the board,” Glover
told the Associated Press on Thursday. “My body went one way
and my knee went the other. I knew immediately I had done a little
something. I just wasn’t sure how bad.”

Glover had hoped to play in Thursday’s pro-am but when he
went to the range he realized he couldn’t transfer his weight
from the right side. He said he could have played “if you put
a gun to my head,” but decided to rest instead in hopes of
competing in the event.

Glover, who had difficulty even getting in his car, was
scheduled to tee off at 11:35 a.m. local (4:35 p.m. ET) with Chris
Kirk. He will not be replaced in the field and will share
unofficial last-place money Fredrik Jacobson, Dustin Johnson and
Brandt Snedeker.